| March Tue, 2024
Democrats hold onto majorities in NJ Senate, Assembly, defying predictions of GOP insurgence
A poll released the morning of Election Day by the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University backs up that strategy. It found that the overriding issue that was most important to voters was the cost of living. A combined 40% identified high taxes, affordability or the economy as the issues most important to them.
| March Tue, 2024
Last chance to make your 2023 vote count
While Republican candidates focused on culture-war issues and offshore wind and electric vehicles, a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll says that voters were most concerned about taxes and the economy, issues that were more prominent in Democrats’ campaign literature.
| March Tue, 2024
Rutgers Eagleton Poll: What’s Most Important to New Jersey Votes on Election Day? Taxes and the Economy, of Course.
Despite mudslinging and legislative battles throughout the Garden State echoing national culture wars, New Jersey voters still care most about taxes and the economy and say they will be the biggest factors in casting their ballots on Election Day, according to the latest Rutgers- Eagleton Poll.
| March Tue, 2024
Republicans in new Jersey optimistic they can flip the Senate or Assembly, or even both
Those culture war issues are part of the nationwide discussion, but Dr. Ashley Koning with the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University said in New Jersey, voters consistently go back to the same issue. "Taxes. It's always about taxes, especially property taxes. So whether or not that component in affordability and cost of living are going to play a bigger role than these culture wars issues, time is going to tell" Koning said.